IHR/HRCactivitythree

The Human Rights Council and UPR Process Activity Three (Required Activity)

Human Rights Council Special Session on Cote D'Ivoire, Dec. 23, 2010

In this reading, Freedman critically examines whether the new mechanisms of the Human Rights Council have been effective in countering the politicisation and bias associated with the former United Nations Commission on Human Rights.

Rosa Freedman, ‘New Mechanisms of the UN Human Rights Council’, Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights 29, no. 3, pp. 289-323 (2011).

This completes the required activities for Module Six. You may now choose to proceed to Module Seven, or to complete one or more of the Extension Activities. Remember, you need to complete four Active Online Participation activities as part of the course assessment, and they can be completed at any time as you work through the course modules.